Express Train through the Nucky Mountains
A Pacific railroad night ride described from a Pullman car as the engineer guides the Pacific Express through roaring snowsheds and sheer drops. The narrator portrays the engineer’s skill, the vast scenery, wild life, and the perilous moments. The piece ends with a vision of future engineering triumph and a biblical blessing.
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Dewitt Talmage
New York Independent
Aosribea
Pacific Railroad
Pullman
Alli
Pacific Express
Aswe
Manzanita
Buckeye
Petra
Pompeii
Ninevah
Thebes
Giante A
Leap Frog
Tim
The Value of Virtue and Serenity in Life
The passage extols plain living, self service, and inner calm as the path to virtue. It contrasts honest duty with mere honor, warns against gossip, and notes obscurity versus fame. It reflects on temperament, adaptability, and the costs of public recognition.
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Houses of Corrections
Weather Prophecies of Josh Billings Amid Animal Signs
A humorous piece presents Josh Billings style weather lore linking roosters, geese, spiders, bees, and other animals to coming storms and seasonal price shifts. It blends comic dialect with forecasts of harsh winters, rain, and public mood changes, noting outbreaks like measles and typhus in nearby areas.
Peter of Leghorn and the prudent ferry tale
A collection of quirky sixteenth century anecdotes. Peter of Leghorn, poor yet merry, tries a river ferryman with a clever repayment. A jealous converts magistrate case shows wit over two thousand years old. A servant girl clumsily jokes about washing tea things. Lillie and her brother visit a house on the way to school with a mother’s remark about age and sickness.
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Peter of
Leghorn
Tuscany
Briend
Peter
Lillie
Wix
Advertising Reaper of Growth Claims Evening Post
The New York Evening Post argues advertising is the chief driver of harvest, claiming it yields the largest returns for industry, commerce, and publishers by expanding reach, boosting demand, and sustaining market vitality.
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The
New York Evening Post
New York
London
Park
Uncertain remedy praised as tonic for aged and nervous women
The text extols a tonic claimed to be the sheet-anchor for the feeble and debilitated. It is described as superior for stomach disorders and as a remedy for nervous weakness especially in women, asserting it surpasses every other stimulant.
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Crook
Tor
Magnolia Balm claims glow for worn faces
Magnolia Balm is advertised to counteract hat flush and fatigue making a forty year old woman look twenty. It promises smoother skin, removal of redness blotches and pimples with a gentle formula stated as safe for the heart. The ad notes widespread use among fashionable ladies.
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Statesman
Calhoon
Mare
ONS Locomotive
Echoca
Mackviting
Charles
O'Keefe
Josh Billings
Ptites
Tive
Hagan
Johnny Butler
Harrison
Harniow
Bebecs
Detroit
Brett
Daucey & CO
Ratton
Sara Noreety Co
A. B. Earle
Fapne
Boston
Oil Manufactory
Grand St
Calrns & Bru
Mane
Michigan
Ghurte
U.S
Bridgman
Barclay
New England
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JAS
Fisk Brilliant Pen Siphtia and
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DIL
Canale Yoork, Tammany Fracs
Vanderbilt
Drew
Mane Field
the Strew
Ward S. Stakes
Chicago
Ginn
Getonty Weis
Ceuta
John GQ
Kell
Boke
York
Wien
Iela Sorel
Cobb
United States
England
GHIA
Jlvace Greeley
John B. Gen
Aubats
Pyne
Jurubeba
Welly
Lea Pererin
John Q
C. P. Dibble & Son
State
Ferguson & Smith
State Street, Che A
Gilbert & Brownson
A. H. Cathcart
Stalrest
Marshall
Ich
L &C
Rhepatring
Uae
Gee
Tee
Wilson
Ohio
Ryan
Lars Sland Hla
Orien
Oliver Chook & CO
Publi
Les DR. Crook
Ition
Antiwa
DR. Crook
Tas
Srbasi
Lee
Pepe
Jo. Taever
DR. Caeuics
Remives Priith
Rnsiiy
Iyer
DR. Celook
Risto
Mass
Sinemer
Seribarr Eoi
Broadway, NY
EGA
Prom HK
State of Michigan
Cotter
Beter
Vmarsbol Lore
Prubay
Petitian
Pex
Andy Maer
Enderson
Viena
Sodas
CO Stetson
Poon Allurasy
Tite Moreh Ly
Marden
Traat Bay
Clemante
Weenie
Martiy
Youle
Fairchild
Reed & Barton
Hulett & CO
State Street
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SINEY
Deano Dionday
Elyer
TT Fist of Prides
Brasie
Jose
Providend
Isi
Fr Wervis
Providence Tool Co
Providence, Roo
New Fork
Dr. Gronks
Enone
Takic
Oreos Coompomal
East Serap
Poke Kuor
Ghana
Agrereh
Ageia
Ariel
Asaet
Rie Wisternireas
J. Walker
Imige
Marehal
Depot Hotel
Kalatuazoo
Vetel
Persea
Pitter
Cnin
Geter Cotely
Holy Seas
Plysicaus
Betere
Ailiden
Wilketer
Pricipakative
Soeth Street
Philadelpha
Pas
Butler
Chuyler's Drug Store
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Lode
A. D Schuyler
Fangion
Stous Block
Id Stata Street
Gomsisug
A. BD. Schuyler
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